Are lettuce leaves the same as A-choy? Let's explain the difference between the two clearly at once

When people buy greens, they always have trouble telling A-choy and celtuce leaves apart. Many people make buying mistakes, and they also think A-choy and celtuce leaves are the same kind of vegetable. So, are lettuce leaves A-choy? Let's find out together below.

1. Celtuce leaves and A-choy are not the same thing; A-choy is a variety of celtuce leaf. A-choy is a leafy green vegetable that has swept the market in recent years, with slender, flat leaves and a short, thin fleshy stem. In terms of blood relationship, A-choy belongs to a variety of leaf lettuce——long-leaf lettuce, which is similar to the familiar romaine lettuce, so it is also called ox-tongue lettuce.

2. The leaf appearance of A-choy and celtuce is very different. The surface of A-choy leaves is smooth and shows a long lanceolate shape, while the surface of celtuce leaves is uneven, showing an oblanceolate, elliptical or elliptically oblanceolate shape, with the tip acute, short-acuminate or round.

3. A-choy tastes better than celtuce leaves, with a crisp and tender texture and a refreshing taste, and contains a large amount of dietary fiber and water. Although celtuce leaves do not taste as good as A-choy, their nutritional value is very high, with a large amount of carotene.

Although A-choy and lettuce leaves both belong to the same Asteraceae category of ingredients and both are a type of lettuce, A-choy and lettuce leaves are not the same ingredient. The two have certain differences in both appearance and nutritional value, so attention should be paid when buying them normally.